Re: Change (was: (TFT) Jobs table: ...)

[Walter Portnell <nvdaydreamer@gmail.com>]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Jay Carlisle wrote:

> On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>  
> wrote:
> > Scientists are also pretty different from wizards...
> >
> > Whatever a scientist is studying is unlikely to end up being very  
> > useful.
>
>
> uhhhhhh a negative result in research is just as significant as a  
> positive.
> Negative results suggest your barking up the wrong tree research  
> wise and
> might well focus on more positive results thus saving industry in the
> future.
> Too suggest a negative result in research would be a failure is a  
> gross
> misunderstanding of what research is I think.

I think Joey might have been pointing to the old "pure" vs. "applied"  
dichotomy. Which doesn't change the fact that research is "like a box  
of chocolates." On the other hand, who says magical research doesn't  
or couldn't have the same problems?

Bob P
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